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View from City Road: Mortgage relief is not builders' only worry00:02
Diary00:02
Business & City Summary00:02
GLOSSARY / It is better to be the cutter than the cut00:02
Animals and insects return to the fruits of ancient forest: Oliver Gillie visits a newly designated nature reserve which has been woodland since the Ice Age00:02
Emptying the contents of his bag: August Wilson is up there with Neil Simon on Broadway, but plays here to an appreciative few. Interview by Paul Taylor00:02
ALBUMS / Digital technology: it's no fluke00:02
Government aims to promote over-the-counter drug sales00:02
Bottom Line: Aegis's promise00:02
Student suicide00:02
THEATRE / Bloodied and still unbowed: Paul Taylor is chilled by Diana Rigg's performance in a creepy Medea00:02
Golf: Daly bred for the long-distance drive: The big hitter is sizing up the World Match Play Championship, starting today. Tim Glover on a man in recovery00:02
VAT fuels protest vote of elderly subversives00:02
Dublin in a spin over EC aid deal figures00:02
Higher Education: Who defines excellence?: Universities and academics are smarting over the first attempts to assess the quality of their teaching, reports Liz Heron00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Letter: Food safety and genetic manipulation00:02
Shops case delayed00:02
Inside File: US envoy soothes Britain's ruffled feathers00:02
Skills agencies sit on pounds 232m surplus00:02
Vote cuts number of women00:02
Bhutto man wins in Punjab00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Birthdays00:02
Letter: A Bill to protect UK human rights00:02
Letter: Rioters condemned by their own boasts00:02
Dear Lady Thatcher's handbag: A few words of appreciation to the former prime accessory00:02
Racing: Three tracks for sale00:02
Rugby League: Mackie breaks down Saints' resolve: Determined New Zealand battle to restore measure of lost pride00:02
View from City Road: A case for tax harmonisation00:02
Footballer sells up00:02
Channel 4 is given formal warning over murder scene00:02
Tory unease rising over VAT on fuel00:02
Letter: Outside marriage, but in a family00:02
Education: In a sensitive situation: What are the most important points to be taken into consideration when choosing a school? Tim Devlin looks at the questions you should ask00:02
Football: Turks find delight in upstaging United: Cantona rescues Old Trafford record - Graham's Gunners have measure of Standard - Portuguese pride dented00:02
Man 'lied to get security clearance': GEC worker passed details of secret weapons systems to Moscow, trial told00:02
Sleeve Notes00:02
Caution at St James's: Investments will be tailored to world market prospects00:02
Lonrho picks two outsiders00:02
Sports Letter: In praise of Jordan00:02
Pembroke: Not even a tiny revolution00:02
Phil Collins wins court fight over bootleg recordings00:02
Obituary: Atahualpa del Cioppo00:02
Hunt for aliens begins on Earth: Official: life on planet is 'probable'. Susan Watts reports on the space probe Galileo00:02
Croatian Serbs 'recruit Italian fighters': 'Garibaldi Unit' defies Rome and attempts to take back land lost to Yugoslavia after Second World War00:02
Chess contest limps to bitter end: After seven weeks of unparalleled hype and sour criticism, William Hartston argues that the championship was doomed from the start00:02
Public Service Management Update: Unfair spending00:02
Cricket: England expect a hard slog00:02
Education: Who's on a clapped-out computer?: Pupils trained on yesterday's technology may lose out in the jobs race, warns Fran Abrams00:02
Just look who's laughing now: ITV struggles to make us watch; the BBC battles with beauracracy and channel 4 is running off with viewers. Michael Grade tells Maggie Brown why: Correction00:02
Shouting match over the Queen00:02
Rape case college faces rising criticism: Ability of internal investigation to 'act with justice' is questioned. Rhys Williams reports00:02
Manufacturing Matters: Tax must give growth a chance: Mary Fagan on fears voiced at the Manufacturing Matters conference00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
View from City Road: UAP's insurance is running out00:02
Bridge: Neat solution to British weather00:02
Emu death crash00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Old friends we ought to keep in touch with: The Commonwealth is run for less than the EC spends on translation costs00:02
Killer nurse plans hunger strike over TV interview00:02
Ministers left sceptical over IRA ceasefire: Report says Britain should call first meeting00:02
Letter: Silencing the voice of the Kurds00:02
Haiti PM agrees to army role00:02
Waldegrave 'not told of Iraqi exports': Minister given contradictory intelligence, Scott inquiry told. David Connett reports00:02
A spreading sickness of secrecy: The NHS is losing something valuable as it grows less accountable, argues Nicholas Timmins00:02
Hornby exit signals shake-up at WH Smith: First group executive named as company considers changes in two-tier share structure00:02
Cardinal prays for dying Fellini00:02
Sports Letter: England's need for rebuilding00:02
Obituary: Ken Woollard00:02
Self-Help: Doctor feelgood: Mental guru Anthony Robbins has all the answers. Serena Mackesy takes a lesson in life00:02
Here today00:02
Nine characters in search of a Booker-winning author00:02
City bets that Chancellor will cut rates: High street recovery sets record in September but export orders fall after three quarters of improvement00:02
Letter: Why our cities should be greener00:02
Paris accused over Gatt00:02
Letter: Advice for lone women drivers00:02
Football: Bosnich's fine form puts him on the spot: Phil Shaw reflects on a highly satisfactory night for Aston Villa set up by a brilliant penalty save00:02
Paris airport strikes00:02
Sporting Digest: Snooker00:02
A suitable cast for treatment00:02
Public Service Management Update: Pay proposals00:02
Lamfalussy expected to be new bank's first head00:02
Lloyd's members back admission of companies: Three-hour meeting approves refinancing to avoid collapse00:02
HSE findings deepen mystery on cancer cases: Sellafield families likely to renew legal fight00:02
Labour women lose out00:02
Silly Questions: The string's the thing00:02
Football Round-Up: Aberdeen agonise over Aguilera's finale00:02
Private investment sought for Wales00:02
Fashion: McQueen's theatre of cruelty: After the glitz of Paris, something shattering. Marion Hume was shaken but not stirred00:02
Sporting Digest: Pools News00:02
Letter: Too hot for comfort00:02
Commonwealth head says group is no dodo: Annika Savill in Limassol says leaders are seeking a new political relevance00:02
Football: Liverpool trying to sway it with Flowers00:02
Court circular00:02
Nissan to axe 1,100 jobs in Spain00:02
US pushes for changes to Nato role: Reassessment of security comes during Transatlantic tensions00:02
A car called Trevor: According to Bryan Appleyard, the star of the London Motor Show comes not from Maranello or Munich, but from Blackpool00:02
Arms dealer jailed over pounds 26m fraud killing: Accountant was shot dead when conspirators feared exposure of ship swindle. Malcolm Pithers reports00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Caesarean concern00:02
Today's Number: 2000:02
We don't like the smell of Rechem: Two boys claim their home has been polluted by a waste disposal company. They plan to take it to court. Sandra Barwick reports00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Sporting Digest: Bowls00:02
Car makers fear sales are slipping into reverse00:02
Gay businessmen were blackmailed00:02
SIB paves the way for single pricing00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Empress Michiko recovers00:02
Public Service Management Update: Market failure00:02
Advances in car security steal the show: Martin Whitfield samples the fantasy and fear of modern motoring at Earls Court00:02
Smear tests review00:02
Rugby Union: London rely on power of Jenkins00:02
Tennis: Pierce's strokes become broader: The rising star of France burns brighter in the Autoglass Classic00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Cost of living puts pay of UK directors on lower rung00:02
MUSIC / High spirits00:02
Market Report: BT rises to the part of hopeful entertainer00:02
Minister 'meddled in council review': Letter told local government body to suspend work00:02
Call to raise TV licence fee in line with inflation00:02
Fashion: Backstage, the launching of TV careers . . .00:02
Inside Parliament: Rebels display little fight over new threat to mines: Tories accused of 'chicanery' over pit review - Back bench critics subdued - Protest at rush over EC Bill00:02
Political suicide00:02
Clinton reveals plan to combat global warming00:02
Chess: Danger, slow moves ahead00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Dilemmas: Don't do it, not even to a dog: Readers condemn disloyalty to pets . . . and a young man whose Asian girlfriend has to keep him secret seeks your advice00:02
Football: Macari set for Celtic00:02
PC shot dead at drug-dealing house00:02
Frank's on line one, are you ready to sing?: When Phil Ramone needed partners to sing Duets with Frank Sinatra, he simply got on the phone. And spared Frank the inconvenience of singing person to person. Giles Smith reports00:02
Ex-border guard convicted00:02
Rugby League: Kiwi faces 'trial by video'00:02
Cardinal prays for Fellini00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Palestinians hail a symbol of freedom: Gazan who was locked up longer than any other detainee is first to be released by Israel as a result of last month's peace deal00:02
Investment programme pays off for Alexandra00:02
Man gives up extradition fight00:02
Sailing: Dickson in first class, Conner reduced to economy rate: New Zealanders claim honours as remainder of the field nears finish of first leg of the Whitbread Round The World Race00:02
Canadian 'messiah' sets election alight: By challenging political taboos, Preston Manning has tapped a deep vein of discontent, writes Rupert Cornwell in Calgary00:02
And what's more . . .00:02
Cycling: Challenging times ahead for Indurain: Severe final week could loosen Spaniard's grip on Tour00:02
Letter: Food safety and genetic manipulation00:02
Reprieve for ex-convict's crime fight00:02
Clinton attacks 'warming'00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Smith urges immediate rate cut00:02
Education: Wishful thinking, Mr Major: The Prime Minister says the 'progressives' have had their day. But people said the same in the 1860s. Judith Judd shows how teaching fashions go full circle00:02
Leading Article: Nato prepares a neat side-step00:02
Short tests 'will lower standard of maths'00:02
REVIEW / Thatcher brews up a storm after the lull00:02
Football: Goss appreciates a moment of history: Trevor Haylett on the tactics that helped Norwich to a famous victory in Munich's Olympic Stadium00:02
Baghdad car bomb injures two00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Forbidden zones in the land of the free: The gingerbread race - Andrei Navrozov: Picador, pounds 17.9900:02
Amnesty campaigns for the ones who disappeared00:02
Right of reply: Maurice Gran on criticisms of his thriller Wall of Silence00:02
Golf: Past glory is food for thought as Ballesteros faces big chill00:02
Baseball: Magnificent Molitor gets into the groove: Blue Jays lead World Series00:02
The Daily Poem00:02
Law Report: Care services contract lawful: Regina v Newcastle upon Tyne City Council, Ex parte Dixon. Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice Auld). 20 October 199300:02
Gartmore looking for 64% advance this year00:02
Putting a value on stocks00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Bottom Line: Smiths proves City wrong00:02
Public Services Management: Unconventional cure for NHS: Paul Gosling reports on the growth of complementary treatment and its increased acceptance by the medical profession00:02
Racing: Savannah mown down by the speed of Star: Jenny Pitman's old campaigner 'returns with the bits and pieces he went out with' but is no match for a younger and sharper rival00:02
Georgia caught in the bear's embrace00:02
Football: Wright finds the vital spark00:02
Milosevic disssolves parliament00:02
MPs hold inquiry into child agency: Select committee responds to growing complaints00:02
Letter: A pain in the neck on our TV screens00:02
Retreat on BR pension plan fund00:02
More beauty contest than Shadow Cabinet00:02
Obituary: Maurice Abravanel00:02
Pledge on NHS delay 'hits urgent cases': Doctors say patients are sacrificed to government line00:02
Widow 'killed by man treated as son'00:02
Axe raised for death blow to more pits: Tory rebels feel betrayed after winning stay of execution00:02
Holiday jets miss disaster by 400ft00:02
Flat 'firebombed after party dispute'00:02
Verdict in Los Angeles trial deepens racial rift: Jury clears blacks of attempting to kill white truck driver during riots00:02
Leading Article: Mass murderers in the mass media00:02
Deutsche Aerospace job losses mount00:02
Leading Article: Freeze the VAT, not pensioners00:02
Riffs: Fruitbat, of Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, on Alice Cooper's 'School's Out'00:02
Walking: Enjoying a pheasant stroll: Paul Gosling takes the Oxfordshire Way and finds himself stuck in the grounds of Blenheim Palace00:02
Let us hear what they say: Dublin's draconian political censorship is at last looking vulnerable, says Michael Farrell00:02
Family first for grid-iron giant00:02
Obituary: Otmar Gutmann00:02
Man stole artefact00:02
Emptying the contents of his bag: August Wilson is up there with Neil Simon on Broadway, but plays here to an appreciative few. Interview by Paul Taylor